Notification to CAP-Accredited Laboratories: All Common Checklist Customization

Notification to CAP-Accredited Laboratories: All Common Checklist Customization

To College of American Pathologists (CAP) Accredited Laboratories and Inspectors:

As a service to CAP-accredited laboratories, the CAP is pleased to announce the following notification regarding the customization of the All Common Checklist (COM):

Effective June 11, 2018, we have customized the COM checklist to reflect individualized laboratory test menus based on the sub-disciplines listed in a laboratory section/department. We developed this new feature based on customer feedback that laboratory sections were receiving COM requirements not applicable to them.

What does this change mean to your laboratory?

The next time you receive customized checklists with your inspection materials or download a checklist online, you may notice a slimmer COM checklist.

The COM checklists used for different sections within your laboratory may contain different numbers of requirements.